TOM CONTI FRONTS STELLAR CAST AS HIT WEST END DRAMA
HEADS NORTH
Twelve Angry Men
Newcastle Theatre Royal
Monday 15 – Saturday 20 June 2015
The
gripping courtroom drama that’s captivated the West End - Twelve
Angry Men is set to visit Newcastle Theatre Royal this summer starring Tom
Conti. Take your seat courtside as
battle commences 15 – 20 June 2015.
Lauded as
one of the great ‘must-see’ movies of all time, Reginald Rose’s Twelve Angry Men originated as a
television play and has been successfully adapted
for film, radio and stage. The 1957 three-time academy
award nominated
film version starred and was produced by Henry Fonda.
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The story follows twelve jurors who have murder on
their minds and a life in their hands as they decide the fate of a young
delinquent accused of killing his father. But what appears to be an open
and shut case soon becomes a dilemma for the twelve, as their prejudices and
preconceived ideas about the accused, the trial and each other turn the tables
every which way, until the nail-biting climax...
The
production proved a huge hit in London where it had a record-breaking
run playing to sold out houses and receiving multiple
five-star reviews, being hailed as the ‘classiest, most intelligent drama in
the West End’ (Daily Express).
Olivier
Award winner, Tony Award winner and Oscar nominee Tom Conti returns as Juror Number 8, the role made famous by
Henry Fonda. Tom is one of the most respected and celebrated actors of his
generation - unforgettable as the leading man in hit films such as Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence and Shirley Valentine. Tom and Dame Judi Dench were recently voted the most popular
actors in the West End in the last 25 years.
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Photo: Pamela Raith
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Tom will be joined by six of the original West End
cast - Robert Duncan, best known for his role as the as jargon-spouting chief
executive Gus Hedges in Drop The Dead
Donkey; Andrew Frame, who starred as P.C
Hargreaves in Eastenders; David
Calvitto, whose many theatre credits include These Shining Lives and The
Odd Couple; Mark Carter, whose TV credits include Hollyoaks, Utopia and The
Knock and Sean Power, who starred in ITV’s Secret Diary Of A Call Girl and Fright
Night 2. Jon Carver, who has had
a recurring role in Doctors, returns
to play the guard. Taking a seat for the tour will be new jury member Andrew
Lancel, best known for playing the villainous businessman Frank Foster in Coronation Street.
Forming the rest of the jury will be Denis Lill,
who starred in The Royal and Only Fools And Horses, Paul Beech, whose
theatre credits include King Lear and A Tale of Two Cities, Alexander Forsyth,
who has starred in stage productions of Porcelain
and It Never Ends, Edward Halsted,
who starred in Holby City and Jonathan Creek, and Gareth David-Lloyd,
who is best known for his role as Ianto Jones in the Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood.
This
production is directed by Christopher Haydon, artistic director of the Gate
Theatre, Notting Hill.
Tickets
Twelve Angry Men is at
Newcastle Theatre Royal Mon 15 – Sat 20
June 2015.
Tickets are available from £14.50 (save 50p per
ticket by booking online) and can be purchased from the Theatre Royal Box
Office on 08448 11 21 21 or select your own seat and book online at www.theatreroyal.co.uk
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